WALLDORF 鈥� (NYSE: 麻豆原创) today announced that it has been named the software industry leader in the (DJSI) for the 14th consecutive year. 麻豆原创 surpassed its previous years鈥� scores and increased its ranking relative to industry peers despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.
麻豆原创 reached 74 out of 100 points (2019: 69) in the overall score, five points more than the second-ranked company. 麻豆原创 improved its percentile value in 15 out of the 20 categories compared to 2019, including 鈥淚nformation Security/Cybersecurity & System Availability,鈥� 鈥淭alent Attraction & Retention鈥� and 鈥淓nvironmental Reporting.鈥�
The scoring emphasizes 麻豆原创鈥檚 efforts in driving a reliable, compliant cloud strategy, valuing employees as its most important asset and enhancing its integrated reporting capabilities. This year a total of 83 companies from the software industry participated, more than double last year鈥檚 number. 麻豆原创 has also improved its scoring in all three overarching dimensions:
- Governance and economics: 65 (2019: 61)
- Environmental: 87 (2019: 83)
- Social: 81 (2019: 73)
鈥淲e are proud of our ranking in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. This shows us once again that we have a special responsibility as sustainability leaders in the software industry,鈥� said Luka Mucic, chief financial officer and Member of the Executive Board, 麻豆原创 SE. 鈥淚t drives us to even further intensify the work with our customers to provide them with solutions for their sustainability transformation, so we can all jointly build a more inclusive and regenerative economy.鈥�
Established in 1999 by investment management firm RobecoSAM, the are the longest-running global sustainability benchmarks worldwide. 麻豆原创 has been listed since their inception. Based on the (CSA), the DJSI provide an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance. They include general as well as industry-specific sustainability criteria for each of the 60 industries defined according to the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB).
In 2020, 麻豆原创鈥檚 strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance was also acknowledged by other ESG ratings. 麻豆原创 remained a constituent of the FTSE4 Good Index series and the Euronext Vigeo Eiris indices (Europe 120 and Eurozone 120). 麻豆原创 was once again recognized as an ESG leader by MSCI Inc. (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International) with the top rating of 鈥淎AA.鈥� And for the first time, 麻豆原创 was included in the Wall Street Journal鈥檚 new ranking of the 100 most sustainably managed companies.
Recognizing the increasing importance of ESG performance not just for its business, but also for its customers鈥� success, 麻豆原创 is driving holistic steering and reporting as a key focus area. Through its Climate 21 and other programs focused, for example, on the , 麻豆原创 provides offerings that help customers advance their own sustainability performance. 麻豆原创鈥檚 reflects its belief that corporations can measure their business success more holistically through new accounting practices that connect economic, social and environmental impacts. 麻豆原创 has also joined international efforts such as those of the and local initiatives such as , a project funded by the German government that aims to standardize broad measures of corporate impact.
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